"DAMAGE CONTROL is action, love and loyalty all wrapped around an intriguing Science Fiction puzzle."–USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR KIM KNOXKath Preston and Jen Stenberg are damage control engineers in the generation starship Romeo, 582 years into its 800-year journey from frozen Earth to humanity's hopeful future on planet Nirvana. When they were schoolgirl best friends, Romeo's population was doubled to 10,000 by taking on survivors from its stricken sister ship Juliet in the disaster that claimed the life of Kath's hero father Peter.On Christmas Eve seventeen years later, in the space of a single 24-hour duty while the people of Romeo are preparing to enjoy the holiday, can Kath and Jen step into Peter's hero shoes when the actions of a murderous rogue crewman and the lurking ghost of the Juliet conspire to threaten Romeo's safety and the lives of those they love? David Bridger settled in England's West Country after twenty years of ocean-based mischief, during which he worked as a lifeguard, a sailor, an intelligence gatherer and an investigator.Then he got hurt, came home a bit physically broken, and for good measure caught a severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) virus in a military hospital.Now he writes science fiction and fantasy novels. Sometimes they're informed by his experiences out on the crinkly blue.He writes what he loves for readers who love what he writes.He's a lot of things, including a science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction author. Pagan. Hedge witch. Old salt. Nonpartisan ecosocialist hermit. Novelist, playwright, poet. Friend of crows, rescuer of dogs, adopter of donkeys. Spoonie. Trans ally. Preferred pronouns he and him.
